Eye Candy

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I absolutely had the most fun making these Miniature Easter Basket Cupcakes. I know this idea has been done a ton of different ways before, but I couldn’t resist having a go at them. They are so sweet and make me giddy just looking at them.

Plus, I had all this Easter candy that I had to do something with.

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Mini Chocolate Bunnies, candy eggs, sour patch straws and mini chocolate candy bars. (Can you say sugar coma.) The bunny candy to the right came from The Fresh Market. And, the Twizzlers made it in this photo, but not on the cupcakes. I’ll have to save them for later.

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Here’s some of my favorite baking cups. I loooooove the opaque color of these. You can get them at the Confectionery House[4].

Or if you like polka-dots, check these out.

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Their color isn’t as opaque after baking, but the dots sure do make up for it. Also from the Confectionery House[6].

So, if you have a bunch of easter candy handy, get busy and go make some cupcakes. I made chocolate.

And this smaller yellow one that I found in the scrapbooking section of Hobby Lobby.

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Cute or What?!

To get these to stand up, cut out some white cake board to fit the bottom of a plastic treat bag (These were 5″ X 11″ X 3″ from Hobby Lobby). Apply a small amount of frosting to the center of the board to help keep the cupcake from sliding back and forth. I just wish these bags weren’t so wide. I had wanted them to be closer to the width of the cupcake.

But, not to worry. Nobody I gave them to cared one little iota about wide cardboard.

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See what I mean. You know, I didn’t even notice his excitement when I took this picture because I was focusing on the cupcake. I can’t even stand how sweet this expression is.